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POTHOS. viotsent, 
| Violet-fruited Pothos. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ed ‘Dao. AROIDE Zi. 
Gen. Cuar.— Spatha monophylla. Spadix cylindraceus, undique floribus 
tectus. Perianthium beh egos | oe te Ac ata 
Pothos violacea; foliis ovato-oblongis utrinque acutis reticulsito-venosis 
 trinervibus coriaceis subtus. punctat , spatha ovato-lanceolata acumi- — 
nulata reflexa spadice breviore, ped ulo tereti. 
Pothos violacea, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. . i p- 270.—Wiutp. Sp: Pie vt. 
p- 685.—Arr. Hort. Ken. ed. 2. V. i. Pp 268. —Homs. et Kunrn, Nov. 
Gen. v. i. p. 63. t. 19. | 
This appears to be a dieabin Sedan plant in its native forests. Stems, 
in our stoves, reaching to the height of 2 or 3 feet, slightly branched, 
knotted, throwing out from various parts of their whole length thickish 
fleshy roots, and sheathed, especially the younger shoots, with long nar- 
row green stipules, which remain epee on brown and lacerated, for a 
considerable time. : | 
Leaves alternate, about 5 inches wal ovato-oblong, acute at each extremity, 
marked with 3 nerves, the lateral ones obscure, and these connected by 
reticulated nerves ; coriaceous, dark green, paler and dotted beneath. 
Petioles about an inch long, cylindrical, thick. o 
Spadi« axillary, or rather arising from the base of the petiole, scarcely an 
inch in length, cylindrical, situated upon a peduncle about as long as it- 
self, and furnished at the base with a spatha shorter than itself, ovato- 
lanceolate, acuminulate, reflexed, and with its margins decidedly re- 
curved. 
Flowers closely crowded, entirely: covering the spadix. Each of these con- 
sists of 4 cuneate, truncated, hollow scales (perianth or calyx of most 
authors) surrounding the organs of fructification. Stamens 4 round each 
germen, one in each seale, and rising with its anther just above them. 
Filament remarkably dilated, white, semicylindrical at the very base. 
_Anther terminal, its back turned to the pistil, didymous, 2-celled, the 
tells opening transversely, yellowish as well as the pollen. Germen 
_ spherical, rather longer than the stamens, 2-celled, with 4 ovules. Style 
none. Stigma with a longitudinal groove, spreading. Berries surround- 
‘ed at the 8 with the scales of the perianth, numerous upon the spadix, 
VOR, i, 
